LessonsIndefiniteness, Specification and Definiteness of the PredicateQuiz

«وَأَمَّا تَخْصِيصُهُ أَيِ الْمُسْنَدِ بِالْإِضَافَةِ أَوِ الْوَصْفِ»
The predicate may be specified by annexation or by a descriptive attribute.

«زَيْدٌ غُلَامُ رَجُلٍ»
Zayd is the servant of a man.

«زَيْدٌ رَجُلٌ عَالِمٌ»
Zayd is a learned man.

In the first case «غلام» is restricted through annexation to a man; in the second, «رجل» is qualified by learning. Both are more determinate assertions than the corresponding unqualified predicate. Neither necessarily means that no one else has the attribute.

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What it means to specify a predicate

Indefiniteness, Specification and Definiteness of the Predicate

«وَأَمَّا تَخْصِيصُهُ أَيِ الْمُسْنَدِ بِالْإِضَافَةِ أَوِ الْوَصْفِ»
The predicate may be specified by annexation or by a descriptive attribute.

«زَيْدٌ غُلَامُ رَجُلٍ»
Zayd is the servant of a man.

«زَيْدٌ رَجُلٌ عَالِمٌ»
Zayd is a learned man.

In the first case «غلام» is restricted through annexation to a man; in the second, «رجل» is qualified by learning. Both are more determinate assertions than the corresponding unqualified predicate. Neither necessarily means that no one else has the attribute.